Space and Science BS Thread

Just five years ago:
https://twitter.com/nasahistory/status/1687138761732186112?s=46

 

Love these!

 

Has there not been a F9 expendable launch this year? (Not included FH)

 

Not that I recall.

 

The level of detail is amazing. Looks like the landing legs, or lack thereof, are accurate for the FH launches..

Every few months, I rotate a few $$ support among yt and twitter posters, artist and enthusiasts I post here. Just seems right…

 

Informative…
https://twitter.com/djsnm/status/1687195296168914944?s=46

 

That detail of the graphic is what got me wondering about the f9 expendable--also noticed f9s had legs whereas the FHs vary. The level of soot and faring graphics for external customer launches also caught my eye

 

From Mars:

 

Still putting up a fight…
https://twitter.com/v_wyche/status/1687471064371085314?s=46

 

https://twitter.com/saxmike71/status/1687327554942771201?s=46

 

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceops/status/1687500558469406723?s=46

 

Filthy!

 

Well they make it sound like there at least will be one.

 

I wonder if NEA missions might be easier to do than a Mars landing. Or even a larger one further away like Ceres. Shallow gravity well means less fuel needed to brake or escape. Seems like the hardest part would be staying tethered to a chosen location. Harpoon?

 

https://twitter.com/nasajpl/status/1687549744737107968?s=46

 

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1687551185509888000?s=46

 

That’s about 132 astronomical units(average distance to the sun, technically way the hell out there).

 

It’s crazy. I was watching a documentary on the Ice Planets and heard something new (to me) - the orbit of Uranus is as far from Saturn as Saturn is from the Sun. Blew me away. These distances are,,, astronomical

 

I just had an image of the perspective of Uranus watching the inner planets whizzing around barely distinguishable from the sun while it sedately plods around its orbit. For us, Venus and Mercury are always near the sun but the rest can be anywhere in the sky around the ecliptic. We are surrounded, Uranus must be a lonely place.